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ΒΟΥΛΟΜΕΝΟΙ, βουλομενοι

BOULOMENOI, boulomenoi

Sounds Like: boo-LOH-meh-noy

Translations: wishing, desiring, intending, purposing, wanting, willing

From the root: ΒΟΥΛΟΜΑΙ

Part of Speech: Verb, Participle

Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'βούλομαι', meaning 'to wish' or 'to desire'. It describes someone who is in the act of wishing, desiring, or intending something. It often indicates a deliberate or considered desire, as opposed to a spontaneous one. It can be used to describe the subject of a sentence who is performing an action out of a particular will or intention.

Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive Voice, Nominative, Masculine, Plural

Strong’s number: G1014 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection
Aristeas
  • Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:122
Clement of Alexandria
  • Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:33
Clement of Rome
  • Clement’s First Letter — 39:1
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
  • First Apology of Justin Martyr — 53:1, 63:1
  • Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 18:3, 141:2
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
  • 1 Timothy — 6:9

From the same root

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